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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: Spanish  
 
  
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENTi 
ARGENTINA  
The following communication, dated  30 November  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Argentine Republic.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Argentina hereby notifies 
the adoption of Secretariat for Trade (SC) Resolution  No. 26/2022, published in the Official Journal 
of the Argentine Republic on 4 October  2022, amending Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former 
Secretariat for Trade, notified in document G/LIC/N/2/ARG/28.  
 
(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures  
 
The purpose of SC Resolution No. 26/2022 is to update the list of goods subject to automatic 
and non -automatic import licensing, and to simplify the current structure of the annexes to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 of the former Secretariat for Trade  and the supplementary and 
amending regulations thereto.  
 
(b) SC Resolution  No. 26/2022:  
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/370000 -374999/372579/norma.htm  
 
The updated  list of tariff headings covered by the automatic and non -automatic import 
licensing system, including the amendments made through the Resolution notified herein, may 
be viewed in full in Annex II to Resolution No. 523/2017, which may be consulted through this 
link: 
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
 
(c) Contact point for information on eligibility  
 
Undersecretariat for Trade Policy and Management, attached to  the Secretariat for Trade of 
the Ministry of the Economy  of the Nation . 
 
Julio A. Roca 651, Ciudad Autón oma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.  
 
(d) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  
 
The administrative body for submission of applications is the Undersecretariat for Trade Policy 
and Management, attached to the Secretariat for Trade  of the Ministry of the Economy  of the 
Nation.  
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 Importers submitting applications for automatic import licences are required to use , from 17 
October 2022,  the Import System  of the Argentine Republic (SIRA) ,1 as approved by Joint 
General Resolution No.  5.271/2022 of the Federal Public Revenue Administration and the 
Secretariat for Trade (Official Journal of 4 October 2022 ),2 and to provide the  information 
specified in Annex I to former Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 523/2017 and the 
supplementary and amending regulations thereto.  
 
In addition to meeting the indicated requirement for automatic licences, interested parties 
submitting applic ations for non -automatic import licences must be enrolled on the register 
created under former Ministry of Production Resolution No. 442 (Official Journal of 
9 September 2016)3 and the supplementary and amending regulations thereto , and enter into 
the sys tem, for the tariff headings of the goods to be imported, the information indicated in 
Annex II(2) to former Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary 
and amending regulations thereto.  
 
This information can be found in the updated  text of Resolution No.  523/2017 available at:  
 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000 -279999/276625/texact.htm  
 
In the event t hat the requirements described above are not duly met within 10 working days 
of registering the import licence request, the procedure will automatically be cancelled and its 
status reflected in the system as "Baja Art. 4" ("Article 4 cancellation").  
 
For goods subject to non -automatic import licensing, the implementing authority may require 
the importer to provide any information and/or additional documents listed in Annex III to 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementary and amending regulations th ereto. It may 
also request the intervention of competent technical bodies, use background information from 
its own sources or those of third parties, and require, should it be deemed necessary, 
clarifications. This information must be submitted within the time limits and conditions laid 
down in Article 6 of Resolution No.  523/2017 and its supplementary and amending 
regulations.  
 
(e) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published  
 
Secretariat for Trade Resolution No. 26/2022, publi shed in the Official Journal of the Argentine 
Republic on 4 October  2022, amending former Secretariat for Trade Resolution No.  523/2017.  
 
(f) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non -automatic 
according to the definitions contained  in Articles 2 and 3  
 
The system utilizes both types of procedures.  
 
(g) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose  
 
Statistical information.  
 
(h) In the case of non -automatic import licensing procedures, indication of the 
measure being implemented through the licensing procedure  
 
The purpose of the non -automatic licensing system is to establish an appropriate prior 
verification system for ensuring compliance with the conditions governing the importation of  
the goods, in accordance with the provisions of the Annexes to former Secretariat for Trade 
Resolution No. 523/2017 and the supplementing and amending regulations thereto.  
 
 
1 Further information is available at : https://www.afip.gob.ar/sira/ . 
2 Joint Resolution No. 5.271/2022 repeals Joint Resolution No. 4.185/2018 of the Federal Public 
Revenue Administration (AFIP) and the Secretariat for Trade establishing the Comprehensive Import 
Monitoring System (SIMI). Resolution No. 5.271/2022 is available for consultation at : 
http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/370000 -374999/372910/norma.htm .  
3 The Resolution is available for consultation at: 
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 (i) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated with som e 
probability and, if not, the reason why this information cannot be provided  
 
The system will remain in place for as long as the conditions that gave rise to its 
implementation persist.  
 
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i "Members which institute import licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within  60 days of publication [...]" (Article 5.1).